This resolution allows the Department of Public Health to accept and use COVID-19 test kits valued at over $1.3 million from the California Department of Public Health for its clinic patients and staff. It has been approved retroactively.
Resolution retroactively authorizing the Department of Public Health to accept and expend an in-kind gift of COVID-19 test kits in the total amount of $1,372,318.27 from the California Department of Public Health, in support of the Department of Public Health clinic patients and staff.
How it got here
The legislation originated from a donation of COVID-19 test kits from the California Department of Public Health to the San Francisco Department of Public Health.
The California Department of Public Health donated COVID-19 test kits valued at $1,372,318.27 to the San Francisco Department of Public Health.
The Health Commission adopted Resolution No. 24-14 recommending the Board of Supervisors authorize the Department of Public Health to accept and expend the donated test kits.
The Department submitted a memorandum to the Board of Supervisors requesting retroactive authorization to accept and expend the donation due to delays in the approval process.
The Budget and Finance Committee recommended the resolution for the Board of Supervisors to adopt.
The Board of Supervisors adopted the resolution retroactively authorizing the Department of Public Health to accept and expend the in-kind gift of COVID-19 test kits.
Mayor London Breed approved the resolution, finalizing the acceptance and expenditure of the donated test kits.
Reconstructed from attached documents & the official record
